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by The Wizard of Laws on Thu Aug 16, 2012 at 04:38:30 PM EST

Scales -- It's always fun to be in your sights, but this time, on Mary Beth Kelly, you've got it wrong, at least from a rule of law perspective. In the EM petition case, MB Kelly found that "substantial compliance" is not enough, that there must be actual compliance with the statutory requirements. That is a rule of law standard that the majority embraced. MB Kelly then found -- on the basis of the record -- that the statute had been complied with; three other justices argued that the record was insufficient and the matter should be remanded to the Board of Canvassers.

I don't like the result any more than you do, but it wasn't a departure from the rule of law that resulted in the decision, it was a finding on the sufficiency of the evidence, which is within the judicial function.

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